Great practical resource for understanding how boys often physiologically learn differently from girls, and techniques for helping them learn up to their potential. It covers the early years through high school. The only question I was left with is what happens when boys go to college? At what point do "boys" learn like men, or do these gender learning differences never go away? It seems as if many of the differences even out later as boys mature, but when? I do wish I had the book (instead of the audiobook), because it is something I may need to easily refer back to it as my boys get older.

This has been a very insightful book. I have learned so much about boys, how they learn and how their brain operates. This book gives strategies in how to deal with low achieving males, sensitive males and how to help all males succeed in the areas of literacy, math and science. This is a must read for parents and teachers of boys. I highly recommend it.

This book provided a few more insights into the minds of my boys. I didn't agree with him completely on some things and I thought he was sometimes a bit too vague. But, well worth the read.

Read as much as I can on boys. Also reading Raising Cain.

Meh. Nothing really new

This book is alright but I thought they spent too much time talking about how boys are different from girls and not enough time giving practical advice.

I found this book very interesting to read, but left a little unsatisfied in the end. The case is strongly made that a male brain functions/learns differently than the female brain. Evidence is provided as to why America should be concerned about the male education process: higher percentage of males diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, higher percentage of males in resource classes, higher percentage of discipline issues are males, lower performance in key educational areas, and a lower percentage of males continuing on to college and advanced degrees. It is enough to make the most confident mother, fear for her son(s).

The authors provide strategies to help "bridge" this gap, or better enable male learning, for both parents and teachers. My perception is most likely skewed as I am a stay at home mom, and former elementary school teacher. However, I found a lot of the suggestions obvious, and also redundant.

I did walk away with a new perception of how my son learns, some new strategies for teaching, and a calm reassurance that I am doing some things right already.

I enjoyed this book. It is research based on the difference in brain structure between boys and girls, and how to help boys succeed in school. It is comprised of four parts: Protecting the minds of boys, Starting boys out in boy-friendly learning environments, Teaching school in boy-friendly ways, and Helping boys who need extra help. Some sections were more relevant than others for me, such as in part two as it talked about effective preschool and early learning environments.

As a result of reading, I've found myself thinking a lot about making my home learning environment more boy friendly (for my 3 wild ones). Also about diet influences and absolute need for physical movement.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who has a boy struggling in school, though I haven't read any others with this subject, so I'm not sure it is the best one out there. It does have useful information.

i thought this would be more about behavior, but, as the title states, it's mostly about the minds of boys, as in education.